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2017–18 Scarlets Season
The 2017–18 season is the 15th season in the history of the Scarlets, a Welsh rugby union regional side based in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire. This season, they are competing in the newly revamped Pro14 as the defending champions, the Rugby Champions Cup and the Anglo-Welsh Cup. This season, Welsh international Liam Williams and Canadian international D. T. H. van der Merwe departed the club, while Welsh internationals Leigh Halfpenny and Tom Prydie and Australia Sevens international Paul Asquith Paul Asquith (born 12 August 1993) is an Australian professional rugby union player. His primary position is centre, but is also an accomplished fly-half and fullback who can also play on the wing. Career Asquith played his junior Rugby union f ... were among the new arrivals. Pre-season and friendlies Although advertised as a home game, the match against the Premiership Select was played at Llandovery's Church Bank Pro 14 Fixtures Table ;Conference B Play-offs E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wayne Pivac
Wayne Pivac (born 1962) is a New Zealand rugby union coach. In November 2019 he replaced Warren Gatland as the Wales national team coach. A former sworn officer in the New Zealand Police, he was a constable at the Takapuna police station on Auckland's North Shore. He played his early rugby at Rosmini College and then Westlake Boys High School. Pivac played senior rugby for both the Northcote and Takapuna rugby clubs. Pivac played for North Harbour Rugby Union while he was a policeman. A recurring knee injury forced Pivac to retire from playing rugby at the age of 28. In 2012 Pivac was named at flanker in the Westlake Boys High school 50 year anniversary greatest First XV. New Zealand and Fiji Pivac began coaching at Takapuna RFC, guiding them to the 1994 North Harbour club premiership before spending two seasons with North Harbour's second XV, then Northland, the province his father represented. Pivac coached Northland to National Provincial Championship Second Division su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Prydie
Tom Prydie (born 23 February 1992) is a Welsh rugby union player. A fullback who can also play on the wing, Prydie is the youngest player ever to represent the Wales national team and the youngest player in the history of Europe's top rugby union club competition, the Heineken Cup. Early life Born in Porthcawl, a seaside resort near Bridgend, Prydie primarily played football in his early childhood. He represented his primary school, Nottage, at under 11s rugby, within the Bridgend and District Schools' RU. He played for West Wales A (Under 11s) in their victory over East Wales at Virginia Park, Caerphilly RFC, on 10 April 2003. He made his first ever appearance at the Millennium Stadium on 3 May 2003, when he represented Bridgend Schools' Under 11s v. Cardiff Schools' Under 11s, in the final of the DCThomas Cup. Club career His rise to prominence began in summer 2009, when he was noticed by Scott Johnson, the director of coaching for the Ospreys regional team. Prydie wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gloucester Rugby
Gloucester Rugby are a professional rugby union club based in the West Country city of Gloucester, England. They play in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby, as well as in the European Rugby Champions Cup. The club was formed in 1873 and since 1891 has played its home matches at Kingsholm Stadium, on the fringes of the city centre. Their biggest successes are winning the Anglo-Welsh Cup five times: in 1971–72, 1977–78, 1981–82, 2002–03 and 2010–11; and the European Challenge Cup twice: in 2005–06 and 2014–15. The club has no official nickname but are often referred to as the Cherry and Whites by supporters and the media in reference to the traditional Cherry and white hooped shirts worn by the team. Matches with local rivals Bath and Bristol Bears are referred to as West Country derbies. History Formation & Early Years The club was formed in 1873 after a meeting at the Spread Eagle Hotel with the announcement in the Gloucester Journal: '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Jones (rugby Player)
Dan Jones (born 7 January 1996) is a Welsh rugby union player who plays for Scarlets The Scarlets () are one of the four professional Welsh rugby union teams and are based in Llanelli, Wales. Their home ground is the Parc y Scarlets stadium. They play in the United Rugby Championship and the European Rugby Champions Cup (which ... regional team as a fly half.http://www.scarlets.co.uk/eng/games/player_archive.php?player=103069&includeref=dynamic Jones made his debut for the Scarlets regional team in 2015 having previously played for the Scarlets academy and Carmarthen Quins. References External links Scarlets Player Profile 1996 births Living people Rugby union players from Carmarthen Scarlets players Welsh rugby union players Rugby union fly-halves {{Wales-rugbyunion-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhys Patchell
Rhys Patchell (born 17 May 1993) is a Wales international rugby union player. A fly-half, he plays for Scarlets having previously played for Cardiff Blues. Early life Educated at Ysgol Gymraeg Melin Gruffydd and at Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf. Patchell speaks Welsh, and is an ambassador for the government-supported "Tafwyl" Welsh-language festival. Club career Patchell graduated from the Blues Academy into the full regional side at an early age in 2012 and went on to score more than 600 points in a five-year stint at the Arms Park that saw him make 83 appearances. He scored 174 points in the 2015/16 season to top the Guinness Pro12 charts. Patchell joined Scarlets in 2016 and it proved to be a shrewd move as he ended his first season as the leading points scorer in the Guinness Pro12 once again with 145. Patchell picked up a winners' medal, helping the west Walians beat Munster in the 2017 Pro12 Grand Final at the Aviva Stadium. Patchell suffered a series of injuries between ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steff Evans
Steffan Evans (born 1 September 1994) is a Welsh rugby union player who plays for Scarlets regional team as a fullback and winger, although he has played at centre for Llanelli too. He studied in Ysgol Gyfun y Strade, he is a fluent Welsh speaker. Evans made his debut for the Scarlets regional team in 2014 having previously played for the Scarlets academy. Evans finished as the 2016-2017 Pro12 season's highest try scorer with 11 tries. International Evans made his only appearance for the Wales U20s in a 10-16 defeat to France in 2014 After impressive form in the first half of the 2016-17 season, Evans earned a call-up to the Welsh squad for the 2017 Six Nations The 2017 Six Nations Championship was the 18th series of the Six Nations Championship, the annual northern hemisphere rugby union championship. The tournament was also known as the RBS 6 Nations because of the tournament's sponsorship by The Ro .... In May 2017 he was named in the Wales senior squad for the tests ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan Elias
Ryan James Elias (born 7 January 1995) is a Welsh rugby union player who plays as a hooker for the Scarlets and the Wales national team. Club career Elias played youth rugby for Carmarthen Athletic, where his grandfather once served as club chairman. He later made the switch to rivals Carmarthen Quins, while progressing through the Scarlets academy. Elias made his professional debut for the Scarlets on 17 November 2013, against the Saracens. With first choice hooker and fellow Bro Myrddin graduate Ken Owens injured, Elias started the semi-final against Leinster and final against Munster, winning the 2016–17 Pro12 title with the Scarlets. Elias made his 100th appearance for the Scarlets on 5 January 2019, with a win against the Dragons. He made his 150th appearance for the club on 17 December 2022, against the Cheetahs in the Challenge Cup. Elias signed an extension with the Scarlets on 14 April 2023. International career Elias featured for Wales U18 in 2013, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bristol Bears
Bristol Bears (officially Bristol Rugby Club or Bristol Rugby) are a professional rugby union club based in Bristol, England. They play in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby. The club was founded as Bristol Football Club in 1888; between 1921 and 2014, home matches were played at the Memorial Ground, since when they have been played at Ashton Gate Stadium in the south-west of the city. The current head coach is Pat Lam who was appointed in 2017. In the 2021-22 Premiership Rugby season Bristol finished 10th entitling them to compete in the 2022-23 European Rugby Challenge Cup. In 2018, the club rebranded as Bristol Bears; between 2001 and 2005 the club were known as Bristol Shoguns due to a sponsorship deal with Mitsubishi. Bristol won the 1983 John Player Cup and have also won England's second division four times, most recently in 2017–18. In 2019-2020, Bristol won The European Challenge Cup for the first time. History Formation and early history ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhys Jones (rugby Player)
Geraint Rhys Jones is a Welsh rugby union player. A fly half, he is the son of former Wales international Kingsley Jones (rugby union, born 1969), Kingsley Jones. He has played for Wales at under-18, under-19 and under-20 levels, as well as for the Wales national rugby sevens team, Wales Sevens team. Jones played for Sale Sharks, Cardiff Blues and the Cornish Pirates before heading back to Wales to Newport RFC and Wales 7s. Whilst playing for the Cornish Pirates, Jones was selected for the Wales Sevens squad. In May 2010, Jones joined Newport RFC. Jones was selected for the Wales national rugby sevens team, Wales Sevens team for the Rugby sevens at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, 2010 Commonwealth Games rugby sevens tournament. In July 2011, Jones joined the Scarlets. He was selected in the Wales Sevens squad for 2012–13. References External linksNewport RFC profile [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dafydd Hughes
Dafydd Hughes (born 8 January 1996) is a Welsh rugby union player who plays for the Jersey Reds as a hooker. He is a Wales under-20 international. Professional career Hughes started his career at Llandovery, and he made 22 appearances in his debut season. He also scored 3 tries in the process. Hughes was then awarded his first professional Scarlets contract on 25 May 2016 Hughes started every game for Wales U20 in the 2016 Six Nations Under 20s Championship, in which they won the Grand Slam. He also scored a try on his Wales U20 debut. He also started in all but one of Wales' games in the 2016 World Rugby Under 20 Championship The 2016 World Rugby Under 20 Championship was the ninth annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams. The event was organised in England by rugby's governing body, World Rugby. Twelve nations took part in the tournamen .... His Scarlets debut came in the Anglo-Welsh Cup against Newport Gwent Dragons, a game in which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Boyde
William Boyde (born 15 December 1994) is a Welsh rugby union player who plays for the Cardiff Blues at flanker, he can also play Number 8. He was a Wales under-20 international. Boyde made his debut for the Scarlets in 2014, whilst also playing for feeder club Carmarthen Quins Carmarthen Quins Rugby Football Club ( cy, Clwb Rygbi Cwins Caerfyrddin) are one of two Welsh rugby union clubs based in Carmarthen in West Wales, the other being Carmarthen Athletic. They currently play in the Welsh Premier Division and are a f .... Boyde was released from the Scarlets at the end of the 2018-2019 Pro14 season. He was signed by the Cardiff Blues following season, making his competitive debut in a 27-31 win against the Southern Kings. References External links Scarlets Player Profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Boyde, Will [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Grabham
Tom Grabham (born 20 June 1991) is a Welsh former professional rugby union player who played as a wing or scrum-half. Prior to retirement, Grabham played for the Scarlets and the Ospreys. Professional career Grabham began playing for Tondu RFC, and came through the Ospreys development system, also playing for Bridgend Ravens and Aberavon RFC. He made his Ospreys debut on 15 October 2011 in an Anglo-Welsh Cup match against Exeter Chiefs. While with the Ospreys, Grabham underwent a positional change, moving from scrum half to wing. Grabham signed a two-year extension with the Ospreys in 2013. He further extended his Ospreys contract in 2015 for another two seasons. On 27 June 2017, it was announced that Grabham would join the Scarlets for the 2017–18 Pro14 The 2017–18 PRO14 (also known as the ''Guinness PRO14'' for sponsorship reasons) was the seventeenth season of the professional rugby union competition originally known as the Pro14, Celtic League. It is the firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
